Wasted Time

“If it’s bad, I’ll hate it because I hate bad writing. If it’s good, I’ll be envious and hate it all the more. You don’t want the opinion of another writer.” - Ernest Hemingway, Midnight in Paris

“If it’s bad, I’ll hate it because I hate bad writing. If it’s good, I’ll be envious and hate it all the more. You don’t want the opinion of another writer.”

- Ernest Hemingway, Midnight in Paris

(Source: tayshathefilmgeek)

cinderellainrubbershoes: “Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is a proof that humans are capable of magic” -Carl Sagan

cinderellainrubbershoes:

“Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is a proof that humans are capable of magic”

-Carl Sagan

tomesawayfromhome: This quote from Ira Glass is totally in-sync with Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 hour theory (that it takes about 10 years to become an expert in your field). My students found this so fascinating when we read Outliers, and were encouraged to keep striving towards excellence.

tomesawayfromhome:

This quote from Ira Glass is totally in-sync with Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 hour theory (that it takes about 10 years to become an expert in your field). My students found this so fascinating when we read Outliers, and were encouraged to keep striving towards excellence.